εὐαγγέλιον

εὐαγγέλιον, -ου, τό

[in LXX for בְּשׂוֹרָה, 2 Kong 4,10; 18,22; 18,25 * ;]

1. in cl.,

(a) a reward for good tidings (Hom.; pl., LXX, 2 Sam 4,10);

(b) in pl., εὐ. θύειν, to make a thank-offering for good tidings (Xen., al.).

2. Later (Luc., Plut., al.), good tidings, good news; in NT of the good tidings of the kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, the gospel: Mark 1,15, ApG 15,7, Rom 1,16, Gal 2,2, 1 Thess 2,4, al.; with genitive obj., τ. βασιλείας, Matt 4,23 τ. Χριστοῦ, Rom 15,19, al.; τ. κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ, 2 Thess 1,8 τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ, Rom 1,9 τ. δόξης τ. μακαρίου θεοῦ, 1 Tim 1,11 τ. δόξης τ. Χριστοῦ, 2 Kor 4,4 of the author, τ. θεοῦ, Rom 15,16, al.; of the teacher, ἡμῶν, Rom 2,16, 2 Kor 4,3, 1 Thess 1,5, 2 Tim 2,8; of the taught, τ. περιτομῆς, τ. ἀκροβυστίας, Gal 2,7 ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐ., Gal 2,5, 14 Kol 1,5; ἡ ἐλπὶς (πίστις) τοῦ εὐ., Kol 1,23, Fil 1,27 (see Cremer, 31 ff.; and on the later eccl. use of the word„ M, Th., 143 f.)